The search for the cause of the accident continues following the crash of a cargo plane coming from Germany in Lithuania. With the flight recorders, the investigators have found a potentially crucial piece of the puzzle for their investigations. One day after the crash of the Swift Air plane, which was on its way from Leipzig to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on behalf of DHL, the flight data recorder and voice recorder were recovered from the wreckage. As a so-called black box, they could provide information about the previously unknown cause of the accident, which is still the subject of speculation. Despite progress in the investigation, it remains unclear exactly what happened.
The plane crashed into the ground in a residential area near the capital's airport in the early hours of Monday morning shortly before its planned landing. One crew member was killed. Lithuanian police chief Arunas Paulauskas assumed that the investigation of the accident site could be completed in two to three days. According to the head of the National Crisis Management Center, Vilmantas Vitkauskas, once the remains of the completely destroyed aircraft have been removed and stored, it will be a matter of examining, evaluating and comparing the collected data and information "calmly and consistently".
